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Recording
• By setting a post-roll value, you instruct Cubase AI to
play back a short section after automatic punch out before
stopping.
This is only relevant when punch out is activated on the Transport panel
and “Stop after Automatic Punch Out” is activated in the Preferences
(Transport page).
• To turn pre-roll or post-roll on or off, click the corre-
sponding button on the Transport panel (next to the pre/
post-roll value) or use the “Use Pre-roll” and “Use Post-
roll” options on the Transport menu.
An example:
1. Set the locators to where you want to start and end re-
cording.
2. Activate Punch in and Punch out on the Transport
panel.
3. Activate the option “Stop after Automatic Punch Out”
in the Preferences (Transport page).
4. Set suitable pre-roll and post-roll times by clicking in
the corresponding fields on the Transport panel and typ-
ing in time values.
5. Activate pre-roll and post-roll by clicking the buttons
next to the pre-roll and post-roll times so that they light up.
6. Activate recording.
The project cursor “rolls back” by the time specified in the pre-roll field
and playback starts. When the cursor reaches the left locator, recording
is automatically activated. When the cursor reaches the right locator, re-
cording is deactivated, but playback continues for the time set in the
post-roll field before stopping.
Using the metronome
The metronome can output a click that can be used as a
timing reference. The two parameters that govern the tim-
ing of the metronome are tempo and time signature, as set
in the Tempo Track Editor (see “Editing the tempo curve”
on page 223).
You can use the metronome for a click during recording
and/or playback or for a precount (count-in) that will be
heard when you start recording from Stop mode. Click
and precount are activated separately:
• To activate the metronome, click the Click button on the
Transport panel.
You can also activate the “Metronome On” option on the Transport menu
or use the corresponding key command (by default [C]).
• To activate the precount, click the Precount button on
the Transport panel.
You can also activate the “Precount On” option on the Transport menu
or set up a key command for this.
Metronome settings
You make settings for the metronome in the Metronome
Setup dialog, opened from the Transport menu.
The metronome can use either an audio click played back
via the audio hardware, send MIDI data to a connected
device which will play back the click or do both.
The following metronome settings can be made in the
dialog:
Metronome
Options
Description
Metronome in
Record / Play
Allows you to specify whether the metronome should be
heard during playback, recording or both (when Click is
activated on the Transport panel).
Use Count
Base
If this option is activated, a field appears to the right where
you specify the “rhythm” of the metronome. Normally, the
metronome plays one click per beat, but setting this to e.g.
“1/8” gives you eighth notes – two clicks per beat. It is
also possible to create unusual metronome rhythms such
as triplets etc.
Click on/off
Precount on/off